The Giants blew 32 saves last year, including two in the playoffs. That number still stings. With those stats, pitching should be at the forefront of their minds. Yet the farm system is painting a different, rather worrisome picture.
What happened to the solid pitching talent that we saw come out of the San Francisco Giants minors before 2010? There were the likes of Noah Lowry, Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, Jonathan Sanchez, Brian Wilson, and Sergio Romo in the timespan of 2005 to 2010. That floodgate seemed to shut with the addition of ace starter Madison Bumgarner, and durable talent has been hard to find since in the SF minors.